CVE-2005-4889

lib/fsm.c in RPM before 4.4.3 does not properly reset the metadata of
an executable file during deletion of the file in an RPM package
removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating
a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid or (2) setgid file, a related
issue to CVE-2010-2059.

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Assigned (20100608)

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